The QS China Summit convenes higher education leaders from China and the wider Asia Pacific region to share international knowledge, forge partnerships and foster innovation.
Indicative agenda
As we explore this year's theme, Connected Cities, Collaborative Campuses, the QS China Summit 2026 will focus on four key pillars:
- Skills, employability and workforce transformation in China
- Performance, quality and strategy for China’s world-class universities
- The future of student mobility in and out of China
- Accelerating research, technology and impact in Chinese higher education
Day one
- The higher education landscape, setting the scene for the Summit.
- The power of place: How Shenzhen provides innovative industry-academia collaboration
- How Chinese universities can collaborate nationally and internationally.
- The modern classroom: How we use AI now.
- A briefing on our ASEAN-focused report, "How universities are shaping ASEAN's future".
- Global Student Flows: China, exploring the student mobility landscape to 2030.
- How the Belt and Road Initiative impacts and enables higher education.
- Building a university brand for Gen-Z and Gen Alpha.
- Creating a skills-first curriculum.
Day two
- Innovative partnerships as a performance accelerator.
- The importance of quality assurance in a fast-paced sector.
- How collaborations with employers enable work-integrated learning.
- A tour of Harbin Institute of Technology's campus.
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